Cymorth
Cymorth is a Welsh Assembly Government initiative providing
funding "to provide a network of targeted support for children and
young people within a framework of universal provision, in order to
improve the life chances of children and young people from
disadvantaged families."
It builds on the previous programmes Sure Start, Children and
Youth Partnership Fund, Childcare Strategy, Youth Access and Play
grant.
Services are developed to support five overarching
themes:
- Family support
- Health improvement
- Play, leisure and enrichment
- Empowerment, participation and active citizenship
- Training, mentoring and information
Children's and Young People's Partnership
- Determine the strategic priorities and outcomes for Cymorth for
their age group
- Establish performance indicators
- Monitor and evaluate the agreed actions/targets arising from
the Cymorth plan for their age group
- Facilitate the engagement of the wider voluntary and statutory
sector in the implementation, effectiveness and review of the
Cymorth plan for their age group.
The Children and Young People's Partnership is ultimately
responsible for Cymorth and its role is to:
- Ensure the strategic priorities determined by the Children's
and Young People's Partnership are complementary and joined up
- Determine the Cymorth funding allocation